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'''Soviet people''' was an ideological |
'''Soviet people''' ({{lang-ru|Советский народ}}) was an ideological [[epithet]] for the population of the [[Soviet Union]]. The Soviet government promoted the doctrine of [[assimilation|assimilating]] all peoples living in [[USSR]] into one ''Soviet people'', accordingly to [[Marxism|Marxist]] principle of [[Fraternity of peoples]]. |
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The effort lasted for the entire [[history of the Soviet Union]] but did not succeed, as evidenced by developments in most national cultures in the territory after the [[collapse of the Soviet Union]] in [[1991]]. |
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The Soviet government promoted the doctrine of merging of all peoples living in [[USSR]] to one Soviet people, speaking [[Russian]], accordingly to [[Marxism|Marxist]] principle of "[[Fraternity of peoples]]". This doctrine was a part of [[Russification]]. |
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The [[Russification]] efforts by the Soviet authorities met resistance in many localities, especially in the territories of the [[Baltic]] republics and the Western [[Ukraine]]. |
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In some cases, ethnic background or national identification, served as a basis for discrimination. The infamous "fifth record" (пятая графа, ''pyataya grafa'') was the section of the obligatory [[internal passport]] document which stated the citizen's ethnicity, or "nationality" in Soviet-speak (национальность). |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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* [[Rootless cosmopolitan]] |
* [[Rootless cosmopolitan]] |
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* [[Melting pot]] |
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* [[Autocracy, Orthodoxy, and National Character]] |
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Revision as of 23:09, 4 December 2005
Soviet people (Template:Lang-ru) was an ideological epithet for the population of the Soviet Union. The Soviet government promoted the doctrine of assimilating all peoples living in USSR into one Soviet people, accordingly to Marxist principle of Fraternity of peoples.
The effort lasted for the entire history of the Soviet Union but did not succeed, as evidenced by developments in most national cultures in the territory after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.
The Russification efforts by the Soviet authorities met resistance in many localities, especially in the territories of the Baltic republics and the Western Ukraine.
In some cases, ethnic background or national identification, served as a basis for discrimination. The infamous "fifth record" (пятая графа, pyataya grafa) was the section of the obligatory internal passport document which stated the citizen's ethnicity, or "nationality" in Soviet-speak (национальность).